Cleveland Indians

This is a four-game series that started on Thursday. The Indians won that game but they gave up an eight-run lead before that.

Cleveland scored the first eight runs of the game thanks to Francisco Lindor’s three hits, three runs and four RBIs. Minnesota stormed back in the middle innings to tie it at eight before the Tribe got one in the top of the eighth, which proved to be the decisive run.

Adam Plutko is the latest young arm to join the Indians’ big league operation and he’s off to a sterling start, 3–0 in three starts, averaging over six innings an outing and giving up about a baserunner per inning.

With Danny Salazar still hiding somewhere, the Indians will be happy to take advantage of Plutko’s services for as long as they can.

Minnesota Twins

Jake Odorizzi didn’t last long on Thursday and the bullpen had to clean up the last 5.1 innings in a game it must not have expected to become close when it began its work in the fourth inning.

That was Thursday. Minnesota will hope to get some more innings out of its starting pitching on Friday before Lance Lynn gets back up on the hill in this game.

Lance Lynn’s numbers have normalized a bit since his ass-ugly start, just not nearly enough. He’s still struggling with command and giving up too many homers on fastballs up. He hasn’t seen the Indians yet this season.

Byron Buxton hit the DL earlier this week with a fractured toe. As the Twins begin to slide, the news only seems to be getting worse. The Indians have a chance to really put some distance between them and the competition before the break, even after a slow start.

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